China's brutal heatwave breaks records, sparks wildfires | China Tonight | ABC News

WATCH China Tonight on ABC News Mondays at 9.35pm AEST

0:00 - Introduction to China Tonight
0:37 - Latest news with Yvonne Yong - the heatwave, wildfires and drought
3:29 - Stan Grant interviews Professor Geoffrey Chun-Fung Chen on the severe drought in China and how it will impact global food supply
9:55 - More news with Yvonne Yong - Taiwan announces new defense spending, and Hainan Island going green with EVs only allowed
11:33 - Brendan Wan reports on F1 racing in China
16:52 - Stan Grant chants with Brendan Wan on China's race to get ahead in the motor sports arena
18:24 - What's trending in China with Yvonne Yong - dating shows for senior citizens are the hottest reality show trend
20:42 - Aged care in China - who will look after the elderly?

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[tylertrannsx]

Pretty soon water will be more valuable more than gold.

[stevensonumayam]

Climate change Any one!!!! Instead of war why not concentrate on the solution of climate change!!!!

[tekanatoken]

Why don't you show the people sleeping in caves and on riverbeds because their government shut their power off in the midst of this heatwave?

[noramaddy]

Our deepest sympathy to Mick Walter`s family. 🙏

[corrinnacorrinna]

Why do they not show this on local news in US? I have to search this out. So sad for all the people.

[ganeshnayak]

Hahaha ABC even has a China tonight programme.

[raywhitley]

Maybe this will help China understand that there’s more to humanity than domination

[albback]

The idea that a platform like Weibo would publish personal information and comments is interesting. Users may not like it, but it will help to moderate much of the silly behavior that people currently exhibit on social media. You can say what you want, but you also live with the consequences of what you say.

[superfang]

Wildfire in the US is due to lack of rain, while in China it is due to over pumped water😂. It is ridiculous!

[thetruth]

Better be without power then high voltage electricity shocks to hurt innocent civilians

[scottgordon]

OMW, the race ended where ? Lest we forget ?

[raywhitley]

Yes China has peaked and Communism isn’t sustainable

[kelleyrancher]

I was watching the internet all winter and it seemed like the three gorgeous damn had more water than it could handle it was at Peak power performance every single day they were worried it was going to overtop and now it's a drought I don't understand how that could happen so fast

[whaleoilbeefhooked]

It’s a pity Karma affects the innocent.

[meowmeow]

I have no idea that these things are really happening right now. I hope they're ok.

[vagabund]

heck, guys! Where did you pick up this chinese dude? 05:00

[kamalbeesla]

That’s mean government didn’t make policy about future generation

[ashleythompson]

Wish I could bring lots of 🌧️ to China..Never seen anything like this, Yes I know droughts can happen during summer months but this very different type of drought..Looks like Death Valley almost. I am worried for the citizens there. Very disasterous year 2022 has been.

[Supastackman]

Sign of the times and advantage melanated people.

[Hahaha]

Civilian drones big deal.
Army boat from USA, no problem. Lol
Could stop the fire in here our pm was litteraLy in Hawaii.
But hey 70 days of heat in a raw with a 1.4 billion people to take care off. Still you are criticising. It's quite funny